Minori knew he had underestimated Rune technology.
[TL: So did I]
Even though Minori initially had considerable expectations for the highest-level Rune characters, he didn't expect such a pleasant surprise.
The ability to enhance the strength of the "Fleshly Body Armament" by "devouring" corresponding materials was what truly shocked Minori.
"Rune technology actually possesses such power," Minori said, pressing his finger to his brow.
In the "YGGDRASIL" game, the "Fleshly Body Armament" could also be enhanced by consuming materials like data crystals.
However, both its strength and durability were somewhat inferior compared to equipment of the same level. Even a level 100 "Fleshly Body Armament" could not reach the level of a divine artifact.
But now!
The Fleshly Body Armament on Minori's body could be enhanced like in the game, but with a different enhancement method than in "YGGDRASIL".
"Does the ability of 'Blessing of Abundance' have a limit?" Minori couldn't help but wonder:
"If there is no limit, is it possible to strengthen the 'Fleshly Body Armament' to the level of a divine artifact that cannot be surpassed in the game, or even higher?"
The answer was obviously not available at the moment.
Coming back to his senses.
Looking at the pool of flesh and blood of the Forest Wise King Hamsuke on the ground, Minori raised his eyebrows and waved his hand to collect it into his item box.
"I didn't feel the limit of the 'Fleshly Body Armament' just now, so it should be able to continue absorbing."
Minori thought of this. His first thought was the two powerful corpses stored in the item box.
Ancient Fire Dragon!
Lava Dominator
If he devoured these two corpses, he wondered what level the Fleshly Body Armament could be enhanced to.
"Ancient Fire Dragon——-" Minori murmured, then shook his head: "Let's try with the Lava Dominator's corpse first."
The Ancient Fire Dragon's corpse was precious after all.
There were only a handful of living dragons in the entire different world. Although there were still several Frost Dragons in the Angelicia Mountains.
But after all, they didn't have the same attributes as the fire dragon.
Moreover, Minori currently had no idea how to use the materials from various parts of the dragon race, so he was not in a hurry to deal with the group of Frost Dragons.
Wait!
Minori suddenly remembered something. With a thought, a gray-white, flat, thin scale, more than one person tall, appeared in his hand.
This mysterious giant scale was obtained from the depths of the cliff on the border of the Bahas Empire when he acquired the [Cursed Knight] profession.
"Since fur-like substances can be absorbed, then this scale should also be able to be absorbed," Minori's eyes revealed a hint of anticipation, his palm pressed against the scale:
"Blessing of Abundance!"
Whoosh!
The position where his palm came into contact with the gray-white scale began to soften, gradually being absorbed into the gray armor.
"The absorption speed is much slower, is it because the level of the material is higher?" Minori observed the slow absorption speed of the giant gray-white scale, his eyes narrowed.
It took nearly five full minutes.
The mysterious scale was completely absorbed, and the surface of the gray armor had more subtle, invisible lines. The original somewhat dim color of the armor also brightened a degree.
Besides that.
Minori also felt a new ability from this mysterious scale. Without hesitation, he replaced the new skill that appeared with "Jungle Acceleration".
Skill: Rune·Fleshly Body Armament
Level: Intermediate (21～30)
Durability: 287
Physical Defense: 140+135 (275)
Magic Defense: 147+70 (217)
Skills:
——Shadow Assault: Integrate oneself into the shadow, move quickly, and resist movement obstacles in the process. (5/day)
——Tail Sweep "Empty"
Effect: Blessing of AbundanceIntroduction: An unexpected product after strengthening with "Rune Technology" and "Deteriorated·Fleshly Body Armament".
"It has reached the level of 'Intermediate' equipment."
Minori immediately noticed the increase in the strength of the "Fleshly Body Armament", and then looked at the ability contained in the mysterious scale.
"Shadow Assault."
With the ground in contact with his feet as the center, Minori's body descended and merged into the shadow, turning into a mass of shadow,
Moving quickly on the ground.
The whole process was silent. If you don't observe the ground carefully, it is extremely difficult to detect.
"A very practical move, and it can resist the influence of 'Movement Obstacle' type skills."
"What kind of creature is that mysterious scale from?"
Minori re-emerged from the shadows, extremely curious.
This single scale was higher than the value added by absorbing Forest Wise King Hamsuke.
Minori can only speculate that the owner of this scale is probably extremely high-level, involving the Thirteen Heroes period two hundred years ago, and he has no clue.
Immediately afterwards.
He also took out one of the four treasures of the Lizardmen from the item box - the "White Bone Armor", which is an armor made of Frost Dragon bones, and is also within the scope of absorption.
Due to racial restrictions.
Minori could not use this armor, and it was originally used as a collection, but he didn't expect it to be used as an absorption material:
"Blessing of Abundance!"
This time the absorption time was shorter than devouring the mysterious scale. The seemingly rough "White Bone Armor" was also absorbed by the gray armor under this power.
Gradually.
The color of the gray armor actually turned towards cold white, and the data was updated again.
Skill: Rune·Fleshly Body Armament
Level: Advanced (31～40)
Durability: 287
Physical Defense: 140+259 (399)
Magic Defense: 147+194 (341)
Skills:
——Shadow Assault (5/day)
——Ice Resistance (20%)
——Curse·Intelligence Conversion "Empty"
Effect: Blessing of AbundanceIntroduction: An unexpected product after strengthening with "Rune Technology" and "Deteriorated·Fleshly Body Armament".
The whole body armor was raised from [Intermediate] equipment to [Advanced] in one breath.
Not only that.
Minori also replaced the original skills. The ability of "Tail Sweep" was of no use to him, and all of them were replaced with the abilities possessed by the "White Bone Armor".
As for the "Curse·Intelligence Conversion" skill, it is naturally the ability to strengthen defense by reducing IQ.
For Minori, who has curse resistance, this skill is useless.
"The value added by the equipment is higher than my own value, and a skill slot has appeared again."
"Will there be a skill slot for every equipment level upgrade?"
At this moment, Minori truly realized what it felt like to wear high-level equipment. With the defense of this set of armor now.
He has the confidence to defeat himself without using the "Fleshly Body Armament".
The next moment, Minori's figure flashed into the depths of the lava zone.
The magma sea surged.
The Lava Dominator's fifty-meter-long corpse appeared in the lava, and its huge figure immediately squeezed the surrounding lava.
Boom!
On the calm surface of the magma sea, several towering lava waves surged, and the scorching heat distorted the air, forming a red heat, scorching all directions.
"Blessing of Abundance!"
Minori stood on the Lava Dominator's corpse, allowing the clothes inside his full body armor to be ignited by the high temperature. He pressed his hands on the fiery red hard scales below and shouted in a low voice.
The four Rune characters on the full body armor all emitted colorful light.
Invisible energy surged.
The Lava Dominator's red scales began to vibrate and turned into a red fluid substance, pouring into the full body armor. Perhaps because the Lava Dominator's body was too large, or perhaps because the Lava Dominator's level was high enough!
This red fluid substance instantly wrapped Minori's whole body, turning into a blood-colored half-person-high cocoon.
With the position where Minori's hands touched as the center, the hard red scales on the outer layer of the Lava Dominator's body began to gradually disappear and merge into the full body armor.
However!
The duration was not long, not even half a minute.
The red scales on the Lava Dominator's body that were gradually transformed stopped, and the blood cocoon wrapped around Minori also turned into red steam and dissipated.
Hiss——Hiss
Minori stood up, stepped on the Lava Dominator's corpse, and was surrounded by blood-colored steam and high-temperature distorted air.
"The absorption process stopped so quickly?"
"Is it at the limit?"
Muttering voices sounded.
As the mist gradually dissipated, a red figure appeared in the field.
The color of the armor on Minori's body has changed drastically. The original gray-white armor has turned into scarlet red, and even the surface of the armor has dense lines similar to scales.
Scarlet armor!
Fiery red lines!
The current Minori looks full of mysterious oppression.
"It's completely changed," Minori raised his arm and looked at the scarlet armor on his body, which was full of shock.
He had previously noticed by absorbing the mysterious scales and the White Bone Armor that the color of the full body armor would be affected by the absorbed materials.
It's just that the colors of the previous materials were mainly gray and white, which were similar to the color of the full body armor, so the changes were not obvious, but now it has absorbed part of the Lava Dominator's materials.
The color of the entire armor has completely turned into scarlet red.
Surprise is surprise.
Compared to the change in the color of the armor, Minori is more concerned about the change in value!
Skill: Rune·Fleshly Body Armament
Level: Advanced (31～40)
Durability: 287
Physical Defense: 140+259 (399)
Magic Defense: 147+252 (399)
Skills:
——Shadow Assault (5/day)
——Ice Resistance (20%)
——Scorching Sonic Wave: Release a range-based "Flame + Sonic Wave" combination attack centered on the user, with a range of 100 meters (5/day)
——"Empty"
Effect: Blessing of AbundanceIntroduction: An unexpected product after strengthening with "Rune Technology" and "Deteriorated·Fleshly Body Armament".
"The 'physical defense' has not been improved at all, but the 'magic defense' has been increased to 399 points at once, which is the same as the value of 'physical defense'."
"This looks like the situation where the 'value' has reached the limit, and the [Advanced] item level has not broken through."
Minori lowered his head and looked at the Lava Dominator under his feet. A large area of thick scarlet scales had disappeared with him as the center.
But compared to the huge size of Lava Dominator, the absorbed range is not large.
"I thought it could be improved all the time, but it seems there are also restrictions."
"The [Advanced] item level, the next level is [Highest], the level belongs to the '41～50 range."
Minori pondered slightly, guessing that the reason why he couldn't improve any further was probably related to his own level.
The upper limit of the Fleshly Body Armament is closely related to the user's level upper limit.
"If so, then the Rune ability of 'Blessing of Abundance' may not be as easy to replicate as I imagined."
A gleam of light appeared in Minori's eyes.
If the strength limit of iron armor is level ten, even if the ability of "Blessing of Abundance" is engraved on the iron armor.
The highest level of the iron armor is still level ten and cannot be broken through. This is the limitation of the material itself, just like the situation Minori is encountering at the moment.
Thinking of this.
Minori inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. The growth ability of "Blessing of Abundance" was too powerful.
This led Minori to immediately think of "extermination" after seeing this ability!
If such technology is leaked out, it would be enough to cause a headache just thinking about it. It would be fine if it fell into the hands of people from another world, but if it fell into the hands of the Ainz Ooal Gown, it would be increasing the other party's combat power.
This is a possibility that must be considered.
But now, there is no need to worry.